VENEZUELA: The death toll from June 24’s twin earthquakes has risen to nearly 3,000, with close to 13,000 injured and perhaps 50,000 still missing. EUROPE: A new study says more than 20,000 deaths June 22-28 may have been caused by the present heatwave. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires fed by wind, drought and heatContinue reading “Death Tolls Rise in Venezuela Earthquakes, Europe Heatwave”
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A Hot and Deadly Summer
Up to 448 people have died from intense heat in INDIA since March, and more than 40,000 cases of heatstroke have been reported in recent days, with temperatures over 100F on a constant basis. Most vulnerable to heat exhaustion (dizziness, headaches, shaking, thirst) are those without electricity, such as the homeless and poor. If temperaturesContinue reading “A Hot and Deadly Summer”
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